【正文】 ating whether your time would be better spent elsewhere doing something more profitable or enjoyable. Yet, in a sense it39。 70. C 【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的 “In that sense, they argue, the elevator?s role in American history has been no less significant than that of cars. In fact, according to Wilk, the car and the elevator have been locked in a “secret war” for over a century, with cars making it possible for people to spread horizontally (水平地 ), and elevators pushing them toward life in close groups of towering vertical (垂直的 ) columns.”可知，作者談及汽車是為了說(shuō)明電梯的重要性。 67. A 【解析】細(xì)節(jié) 理解題。 71. A 【解析】主旨大意題。 69. B 【解析】 句意理解題。很多人物質(zhì)上很富有，但他們的精神生活很匱乏。s shouldn39。re unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires—not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don39。根據(jù)最后中的 “If we always reproduced what was there before,we would all still be living in caves . Thus , I would argue against copying previous architectural styles and choose something fresh and different , even though that might be the more risky choice.”可知，作者的觀點(diǎn)是有古老的建筑風(fēng)格的地方可選擇新的建筑風(fēng)格，這是建筑師和規(guī)劃師的責(zé)任。根據(jù)第一段中的 “Not all historical buildings are attractive.”可知，不是所 飛揚(yáng)英語(yǔ)之 高考 閱讀 解析精品 品味高考閱讀 提高閱讀理解能力 2 有的古代建筑都很吸引人。 飛揚(yáng)英語(yǔ)之 高考 閱讀 解析精品 品味高考閱讀 提高閱讀理解能力 1 2020 年全國(guó)高考英語(yǔ)試題閱讀理解分類匯編之議論文 (2020 安徽卷 ) D Should we allow modern buildings to be built next to older buildings in a historic area of a city? In order to answer this question, we must first examine whether people really want to preserve the historic feel of an area. Not all historical buildings are attractive. However, there may be other reasons for example, economic (經(jīng)濟(jì)的 ) reasons—why they should be preserved. So, let us assume that historical buildings are both attractive and important to the majority of people. What should we do then if a new building is needed? In my view, new architectural styles can exist perfectly well alongside an older style. Indeed, there are many examples in my own home town of Tours where modern designs have been placed very successfully next to old buildings. As long as the building in question is pleasing and does not dominate (影響 ) its surroundings too much, it often improves the attractiveness of the area. It is true that there are examples of new buildings which have spoilt (破壞 ) the area they are in, but the same can be said of some old buildings too. Yet people still speak against new buildings in historic areas. I think this is simply because people are naturally conservative(保守的 ) and do not like change. Although we have to respect people39。 68. A【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。 70. C 【解析】推理題。 (2020 福建卷 ) D Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you39。s and Bach39。s most valued possessions C. big houses can in a sense bring richness of life D. true happiness es from spiritual riches 69. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that______. A. however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied 飛揚(yáng)英語(yǔ)之 高考 閱讀 解析精品 品味高考閱讀 提高閱讀理解能力 3 B. however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor C. though their house is big, they prefer a simple life D. though their house is big, it seems to be a cage 70. It can be learned from the passage that ______. A. more money brings more happiness B. art is needed to make your house beautiful C. literature can enrich your spiritual life D. sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness 71. What would be the best title for the passage? A. House of Life B. Secret of Wealth C. Rest and Refreshment D. Interest and Enthusiasm 【篇章導(dǎo)讀】這是一篇議論文。根據(jù)四、五、六、七段有關(guān) Art, Literature, Music, Sports 的論 述可知，幸福的人需擁有藝術(shù)、文學(xué)、音樂(lè)和運(yùn)動(dòng)等，真正的幸福源于精神上的富有。根據(jù)第五段中的 “Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment.”可知，文學(xué)可以豐富我們的精神生活。諸多城市人對(duì)電梯有誤解，然而電梯在城市的發(fā)展中有顯著的作用。 68. B 【解析】作者意圖題。 C項(xiàng)中的 “Little physical space”與 Bernard 談及的 “closeness”相吻合。s time or money could be better spent on something else. Every hour of our time has a value. For every hour we work at one job we could quite easily be doing another, or be sleeping or watching a film. Each of these options has a different opportunity cost—namely, what they cost us in missed opportunities. Say you intend to watch a football match but the tickets are expensive and it will take you a couple of hours to get to and from the stadium. Why not, you might reason, watch the game from home and use the leftover money and time to have dinner with friends? This—the alternative use of your cash and time—is the opportunity cost. For economists, every decision is made by knowledge of what one must fo—in terms of money and enjoyment—in order to take it up. By knowing precisely what you are receiving and what you are missing out on, you ought to be able to make betterinformed, more reasonable decisions. Consider that most famous economic rule of all: there39。 58. D 【解析】 猜測(cè)詞義 題。根據(jù)第三段中的 “Why not, you might reason, watch the game from home and use the leftover money and time to have dinner with friends?”可知去體育場(chǎng)看球賽花錢，來(lái)回的途中又花時(shí)間，倒不如在家里用省下來(lái)時(shí)間和金錢和朋友吃飯。 (2020 江西卷 ) D Everyone looks forward to progress, whether in one?s personal life or in the general society. Progress indicates a person?s ability to change the way he is living at the moment. Progress must lead a better way of doing things. All these, however, remains true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things. However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who miss the “good old days”, efficiency es with a